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ReviewNutrients2021

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Other Lifestyle Factors in the Prevention of Cognitive Decline and Dementia.

Ligia J Dominguez, Nicola Veronese, Laura Vernuccio, Giuseppina Catanese, Flora Inzerillo, Giuseppe Salemi, Mario Barbagallo

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06741865 (Intervention Strategies for Preserving Intellectual Resilience and Engagement), which is not on this map. Cited by 227 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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227citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
49.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06741865 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Intervention Strategies for Preserving Intellectual Resilience and Engagement

TypeinterventionalSponsorHealthy Minds InitiativeRan2025 to 2028Enrolled2,000ConditionsDementiaArmsLifestyle Intervention, Standard Health Education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

227 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 412 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Interaction of diet and physical activity on dementia risk: the Rotterdam study.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ligia J DominguezGeriatric Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy.
Nicola VeroneseGeriatric Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9328-289X
Laura VernuccioGeriatric Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppina CataneseGeriatric Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy.
Flora InzerilloGeriatric Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppe SalemiDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3756-4323
Mario BarbagalloGeriatric Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1349-6530
University of Palermo · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo · ITUniversità degli Studi di Enna Kore · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple factors combined are currently recognized as contributors to cognitive decline. The main independent risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia is advanced age followed by other determinants such as genetic, socioeconomic, and environmental factors, including nutrition and physical activity. In the next decades, a rise in dementia cases is expected due largely to the aging of the world population. There are no hitherto effective pharmaceutical therapies to treat age-associated cognitive impairment and dementia, which underscores the crucial role of prevention. A relationship among diet, physical activity, and other lifestyle factors with cognitive function has been intensively studied with mounting evidence supporting the role of these determinants in the development of cognitive decline and dementia, which is a chief cause of disability globally. Several dietary patterns, foods, and nutrients have been investigated in this regard, with some encouraging and other disappointing results. This review presents the current evidence for the effects of dietary patterns, dietary components, some supplements, physical activity, sleep patterns, and social engagement on the prevention or delay of the onset of age-related cognitive decline and dementia.

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Life StyleAgedAged, 80 and overAgingCognitive DysfunctionDementiaDietary SupplementsDiet, HealthyElder Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaExerciseFemaleHumansMaleNutritional StatusRisk FactorsagingAlzheimercognitive declinedementiadietexerciseinflammationnutritionoxidative stressphysical activitysleepsocialization

Identifiers

PMID34836334
PMCPMC8624903
OpenAlexW3214461917

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Registered trials

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